Materials
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Tadweld says rising business costs are restricting manufacturing reinvestment plans. The steelwork manufacturer calculates that one 50-person SME contributes more than £1.2 million annually to HMRC before profit taxation.
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SICK’s Flexi Soft has unified safety control across steel processing. Safety Systems Technology used the modular controller to link machines and conveyors across one of the UK’s largest span configurable safety projects.
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Construction now sits closer to industrial capacity and infrastructure delivery. The latest IN Site issue connects data centres, battery manufacturing, nuclear support works, supplier cyber resilience, and material choices.
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Essentra has passed its 2030 emissions target five years early. The components manufacturer has cut scope one and two emissions by 62% against its 2019 baseline, supported by renewable electricity, zero-waste progress, and recycled-material product development.
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Sandvik Coromant has launched GC1240 for stainless steel milling applications. The nano-multilayer PVD-coated indexable grade is built to improve edge stability, resist thermal cracking, and support predictable tool life in wet and dry machining conditions.
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Parker Prädifa has developed adaptive seals for tolerance compensation applications. Its Warp Seal product family is built to seal ports, feedthroughs, and plug connections where large tolerance chains make conventional static sealing harder to apply reliably.
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Amcor has launched a 38 mm handle for PET containers. The development targets large-format water and non-carbonated beverage packaging, with weight savings against the 48 mm version.
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Amcor has hosted Jess Asato MP at its Beccles site. The visit highlighted apprenticeships, local manufacturing employment, and packaging regulation affecting the UK and EU.
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MGS will use Interplas to underline its post-buyout expansion plans.
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3D Prod has acquired Sculpteo, returning it to French ownership. The combined additive manufacturing group will operate across prototyping, one-off production, and industrial-scale manufacturing, with a target of €20 million revenue by 2027.
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